I recently bought a part from a V1 rocket. I bought it from a guy who lives in Kent and is in his 70's. He picked it up during the war. He said when a Flying bomb came down it was a race between local kids and the home guard to get to it. I don't know if that was the case during the war. He said he used to gets bags of relics. He has lived in Kent all his life and has offered to take me round sites of crashed flying bombs he knew as a schoolkid.
I know a member on here who has a load of dug up items but will not sell them. The part I bought is nothing much to look at but the guy that sold me it worked with V1 and V2 after the war. He told me the British brought over parts from these items they found in Europe after the war to do research on them....is that true? I have no reason to doubt the guy and the part only cost me 15. He drew me a rough picture and indicated were the part came from. Is there any clever guys on here who think they can tell me were about the part I have went on the rocket? or its purpose? I can post the part to see if what I was told is true. Is there any members who's sole speciality is this type of ordnance?
Thanks in advance.
Mike
I know a member on here who has a load of dug up items but will not sell them. The part I bought is nothing much to look at but the guy that sold me it worked with V1 and V2 after the war. He told me the British brought over parts from these items they found in Europe after the war to do research on them....is that true? I have no reason to doubt the guy and the part only cost me 15. He drew me a rough picture and indicated were the part came from. Is there any clever guys on here who think they can tell me were about the part I have went on the rocket? or its purpose? I can post the part to see if what I was told is true. Is there any members who's sole speciality is this type of ordnance?
Thanks in advance.
Mike